Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06JAKARTA9268
2006-07-25 06:41:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Jakarta
Cable title:
AMM TO STAY IN ACEH THROUGH ELECTIONS (NOVEMBER 22)
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C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 JAKARTA 009268
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/24/2016
TAGS: PGOV PREL ID
SUBJECT: AMM TO STAY IN ACEH THROUGH ELECTIONS (NOVEMBER 22)
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PLEASE ZFR THE ABOVE JAKARTA 009268 ALL SECTIONS IMI PLEASE
ZFR THE ABOVE JAKARTA 009268 AND BLANK ALL ASSOCIATED MCNs.
PLEASE DELETE ALL SECTIONS. CABLE WAS SENT IN ERROR AND WILL
BE RESENT WITH A NEW MRN.
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had been greeted in Aceh. Although most Acehnese did not
regard the LOGA as perfect, it did provide a substantial
degree of authority to the next elected government including:
shared management of the province's significant oil and gas
resources; permission to register local political parties;
permission to register candidates for office independently of
party affiliation; and the right of the elected governor to
appoint the provincial chief of police and chief prosecutor.
Participants agreed it would be in GAM,s best interest to
resolve its outstanding concerns about the law and then
support it strongly. By electing its members to office, the
GAM could ensure its continued organizational viability and
ability to exercise political influence through the
significant power the LOGA offered.
9. (C) Participants agreed that widespread acceptance of the
LOGA was essential to the successful conclusion of the peace
process. Feith urged USG support in familiarizing the
Acehnese population with the provisions of the law, and the
Ambassador said that support would be forthcoming once all
sides had expressed unequivocal support for the law's
implementation.
10. (C) AMM participants said it was too early to predict the
next governor. In a meeting earlier in the day, Chief
Operating Officer Eddy Purwanto of the Agency for
Reconstruction and Rehabilitation (BRR) said public support
for former Acting Governor Azwar Abubakar appeared to be
fading although Abubakar has the largest financial resources
of all the candidates. Public sentiment, according to
Purwanto, is building for Human Hamid. Interlocutors
throughout the day also noted candidates had yet to register
officially and the race had yet to begin in earnest.
PASCOE
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/24/2016
TAGS: PGOV PREL ID
SUBJECT: AMM TO STAY IN ACEH THROUGH ELECTIONS (NOVEMBER 22)
JAKARTA 00009268 001.2 OF 002
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\\\ZFR\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ZFR\\\\\\\\\\\\ZFR\\\\\ \\\\\\\ZFR\\\\\
PLEASE ZFR THE ABOVE JAKARTA 009268 ALL SECTIONS IMI PLEASE
ZFR THE ABOVE JAKARTA 009268 AND BLANK ALL ASSOCIATED MCNs.
PLEASE DELETE ALL SECTIONS. CABLE WAS SENT IN ERROR AND WILL
BE RESENT WITH A NEW MRN.
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JAKARTA 00009268 002 OF 002
had been greeted in Aceh. Although most Acehnese did not
regard the LOGA as perfect, it did provide a substantial
degree of authority to the next elected government including:
shared management of the province's significant oil and gas
resources; permission to register local political parties;
permission to register candidates for office independently of
party affiliation; and the right of the elected governor to
appoint the provincial chief of police and chief prosecutor.
Participants agreed it would be in GAM,s best interest to
resolve its outstanding concerns about the law and then
support it strongly. By electing its members to office, the
GAM could ensure its continued organizational viability and
ability to exercise political influence through the
significant power the LOGA offered.
9. (C) Participants agreed that widespread acceptance of the
LOGA was essential to the successful conclusion of the peace
process. Feith urged USG support in familiarizing the
Acehnese population with the provisions of the law, and the
Ambassador said that support would be forthcoming once all
sides had expressed unequivocal support for the law's
implementation.
10. (C) AMM participants said it was too early to predict the
next governor. In a meeting earlier in the day, Chief
Operating Officer Eddy Purwanto of the Agency for
Reconstruction and Rehabilitation (BRR) said public support
for former Acting Governor Azwar Abubakar appeared to be
fading although Abubakar has the largest financial resources
of all the candidates. Public sentiment, according to
Purwanto, is building for Human Hamid. Interlocutors
throughout the day also noted candidates had yet to register
officially and the race had yet to begin in earnest.
PASCOE